nothing but the blood

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I saw this picture on Facebook earlier today.

It spoke volumes to me about this God/Man Jesus Christ and what he did.

It was His death that saved us...

His shedding of His precious blood.

Everything the Bible says about Him is true.

He was born of a virgin.

(The first time He came to this earth)

He lived a completely sinless life.

He died on the cross.

Three days later he rose from the grave.

He is in heaven now seated at the right hand of His Father interceding for us.

He is coming back the second time to claim His own.

Way back in the Old Testament God gave us a perfect picture of the salvation that was to come.

When it came time for the Children of Israel to leave Egypt where they were  in bondage,

God spoke this to them...

They were instructed to take a perfect lamb and kill it...

"And they shall take some of the blood

 and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel 

of the houses where they eat it."

Exodus 12:7

After that was done they were to cook and eat the flesh of the lamb.

Thus they celebrated the first Passover.

"Now the blood shall be a sign for you 

on the houses where you are. 

And when I see the blood, I will pass over you;

 and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:13

Those who did what God commanded were saved that night.

Here is the miracle of salvation:

God didn't first go inside to see if the people were worthy in His sight to be saved. He looked at the doorway to see if the inhabitants of the house had done what He instructed them to do.

That is God's way of salvation. 

No one could ever be worthy in and of himself.

We have to do it God's way through the shed blood of His Son Jesus Christ.

What does God require of us?

Very simply,

 BELIEVE and have FAITH in His word and be saved.

Trust that by shedding His blood Jesus paid the full price of our redemption.

Rest in Him until He comes to claim us as His own.

Praise Him daily for what He has done.

"Jesus said to him, 

I am the way, the truth, the life.

 No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6

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written by cathyc